DRC Education Sector Project

Abstract*

The objective of the Education Sector Project of the Democratic Republic of Congo is to prevent further deterioration in the delivery of essential services for primary education and prepare ground for a sustainable development and financing of the sector that will facilitate donor coordination and future transition to a sector wide program. There are 4 components to the Project. Component 1 will increase access and equity at primary level by providing... Show More

Development Objective

To prevent further deterioration in the delivery of essential services for primary education and prepare ground for a sustainable development and financing of the sector that will facilitate donor coordination and future transition to a sector wide program.

Key Details

Project Details

Project ID
P086294
Status
Closed
Team Leader
Dung-Kim Pham
Borrower 2
N/A

Country
Congo, Democratic Republic of
Disclosure Date
January 20, 2006
Approval Date
(as of board presentation)
June 5, 2007
Effective Date
January 11, 2008

Total Project Cost 1
US$ 150.00 million
Implementing Agency
Unite de Gestion et Coordination du Projet
Region
Eastern and Southern Africa
Fiscal Year 3
2007

Commitment Amount
US$ 150.00 million
Environmental Category
B
Environmental and Social Risk
N/A
Closing Date
October 31, 2014

Last Stage Reached
BANK APPROVED
Last Update Date
August 5, 2024

Notes
1. Total project cost includes funding from World Bank and non-bank sources in US$ millions. Active and Closed projects show current commitments. Proposed (pipeline) and dropped projects show the forecast amount. The commitment amount for projects in the pipeline is indicative and may be modified during the project preparation.
2. Borrower refers to the Borrower of a Loan or Recipient of a Grant.
3. ”Fiscal Year” is the fiscal year in which the project was approved (or dropped if the status is dropped). The World Bank's fiscal year is from July 1 - June 30. For example, a fiscal year of 1996 corresponds to July 1, 1995 - June 30, 1996.

Sectors

Themes

FY17 - Human Development and Gender

FY17 - Education50%
- FY17 - Access to Education21%
- FY17 - Education Financing17%
- FY17 - Science and Technology4%
- FY17 - Standards, Curriculum and Textbooks4%
- FY17 - Teachers4%

FY17 - Public Sector Management

FY17 - Public Administration26%
- FY17 - Administrative and Civil Service Reform17%
- FY17 - Transparency, Accountability and Good Governance9%
FY17 - Public Finance Management9%
- FY17 - Public Expenditure Management9%

FY17 - Social Development and Protection

FY17 - Social Protection17%
- FY17 - Social Safety Nets17%

Project Map

Interactive Map

Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Financier	Commitments
IDA Grant	150.00

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Product Line	IBRD/IDA
IBRD Commitment	N/A
IDA Commitment	150.00
IBRD + IDA Commitment	150.00

Lending Instrument
Grant Amount	N/A
Total Project Cost**	150.00

Summary Status of World Bank Financing (US$ Millions) as of March 31, 2025

No data available.

Detailed Financial Activity as of March 31, 2025

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Period	Financier	Transaction Type	Amount (US$)
Nov 15, 2013	IDA-H3030	Loan Disb	2,118,885.50
Jun 5, 2007	IDA-H3030	Loan Commitment	150,000,000.00
Oct 2, 2013	IDA-H3030	Loan Disb	827,900.00
Oct 9, 2013	IDA-H3030	Loan Disb	1,681,094.60
Dec 19, 2013	IDA-H3030	Loan Disb	2,479,866.00
Dec 19, 2013	IDA-H3030	Loan Disb	1,241,522.40
Feb 3, 2014	IDA-H3030	Loan Disb	1,236,975.00
Jan 31, 2014	IDA-H3030	Loan Disb	5,945,111.00
Sep 11, 2013	IDA-H3030	Loan Disb	827,918.75
Oct 25, 2013	IDA-H3030	Loan Disb	2,369,080.20
Oct 2, 2013	IDA-H3030	Loan Disb	2,498,962.00
Oct 17, 2013	IDA-H3030	Loan Disb	573,863.94
Jun 19, 2013	IDA-H3030	Loan Disb	-10,273.59
Aug 20, 2013	IDA-H3030	Loan Disb	2,511,586.00
Aug 26, 2013	IDA-H3030	Loan Disb	2,508,332.00
Mar 19, 2015	IDA-H3030	Loan Cancel	140,741.60
Mar 19, 2015	IDA-H3030	Loan Disb	-11,833.83
Feb 13, 2015	IDA-H3030	Loan Disb	-47,276.50
Sep 23, 2014	IDA-H3030	Loan Disb	401,278.72
Sep 5, 2014	IDA-H3030	Loan Disb	6,000,000.00
Sep 5, 2014	IDA-H3030	Loan Disb	440,062.28
Sep 3, 2014	IDA-H3030	Loan Disb	-24,240.75
Mar 2, 2015	IDA-H3030	Loan Disb	-131,585.66
Mar 4, 2015	IDA-H3030	Loan Disb	1,352,344.90
Jun 16, 2014	IDA-H3030	Loan Disb	5,951,543.50
Jul 3, 2014	IDA-H3030	Loan Disb	2,661,073.00
Jul 3, 2014	IDA-H3030	Loan Disb	117,975.69
Jul 15, 2014	IDA-H3030	Loan Disb	367,583.50
May 12, 2014	IDA-H3030	Loan Disb	1,181,943.10
Mar 27, 2014	IDA-H3030	Loan Disb	1,640,041.10
Feb 21, 2014	IDA-H3030	Loan Disb	2,461,486.50
Mar 11, 2014	IDA-H3030	Loan Disb	1,026,768.00
Sep 23, 2013	IDA-H3030	Loan Disb	3,541,060.50

Footnotes

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

Name	Review	Date
Progress towards achievement of PDO	Moderately Satisfactory	2014-12-10
Monitoring and Evaluation	Moderately Satisfactory	2014-12-10
Counterpart Funding	Satisfactory	2014-12-10
Overall Implementation Progress (IP)	Moderately Satisfactory	2014-12-10
Project Management	Moderately Satisfactory	2014-12-10
Procurement	Satisfactory	2014-12-10
Financial Management	Satisfactory	2014-12-10

COMPLETION RATINGS

INDICATOR	IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION & RESULTS REPORT: 05-06-2015
Outcomes	Moderately Satisfactory
Risk to Development Outcome	Substantial
Bank Performance	Moderately Unsatisfactory
Borrower Performance	Moderately Satisfactory
Government Performance	Moderately Satisfactory
Implementing Agency	Moderately Satisfactory

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

INDICATOR	ICR REVIEW: 06-23-2015	PROJECT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT REPORT:
Outcome Rating	Moderately Satisfactory	N/a
Risk To Development Outcome	Significant	N/a
Bank Performance	Moderately Unsatisfactory	N/a
Borrower Performance	Moderately Satisfactory	N/a
Government Performance	Moderately Satisfactory	N/a
Implementing Agency	Moderately Satisfactory	N/a
Icr Quality	Satisfactory	N/a
M&e Quality	Modest	N/a

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Education sector strategy (including medium term financing plan) with indicators agreed with donors and approved by Government.	Value	Consensus on priority for primary education (oblig	Sector Strategy developed and approved by Governme	Sector Strategy developed and approved by Governme
	Date	January 11, 2008	October 6, 2014	October 31, 2014
	Comment		Target Met

Direct project beneficiaries Value 0.00 4878140.00 4878140.00
Date October 17, 2007 February 28, 2014 October 31, 2014
Comment Target has been rectified (see comment under Actual reported on 03/02/2012
Gross 1st grade intake rate Value 107.70 133.10 129.80
Date July 11, 2011 February 28, 2014 October 31, 2014
Comment for 2010 2012/13 school year data same
Primary Completion Rate Value 29.00 64.00 72.00
Date May 4, 2007 October 6, 2014 October 31, 2014
Comment Target not met
Girls to boys ratio in primary schools Value 85.00 90.00 97.00
Date May 4, 2007 October 6, 2014 October 31, 2014
Comment Unduly optimistic target not met 97% is target given by Government
Female beneficiaries Value 0.00 50.00 50.00
Date October 17, 2007 February 28, 2014 October 31, 2014
Comment
teachers beneficiaries from teaching guides Value 0.00 125208.00 125000.00
Date October 17, 2007 February 28, 2014 October 31, 2014
Comment
Growth in the gross enrolment ratio (GER). Value 64% 101.3 105.8
Date January 11, 2008 October 6, 2014 October 31, 2014
Comment Target Largely Met

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

System for learning assessment at the primary level Value No Yes Yes
Date January 11, 2008 October 6, 2014 October 31, 2014
Comment Indicator discussed with TTL on 07/15/2009. Target Met
Loi cadre (organic law) is transmitted to Parliament for adoption Value No Yes Yes
Date February 1, 2008 October 6, 2014 October 31, 2014
Comment Target Met
Convention of partnerships revised and implemented Value No Yes Yes
Date February 1, 2008 October 6, 2014 October 31, 2014
Comment Target Met
Parents finding the school fee in primary education has been reduced Value no Not available Yes
Date July 11, 2011 October 6, 2014 October 31, 2014
Comment Beneficiary Survey not carried out

Primary teachers in "registered" schools integrated into the public payroll	Value	0.00	100.00	83.00
	Date	July 11, 2011	October 6, 2014	October 31, 2014
	Comment		under the project, the target of 20,155 teachers as agreed at project restructuring in 2011 has been reached.

Student:textbook ratio	Value	0	1:2	1:2
	Date	May 4, 2007	October 6, 2014	October 31, 2014
	Comment	Most schools in public sector have no textooks	Target met: each student has a math and French textbook)	each student to have one French and one math textbook.

A textbook policy adopted by the Government	Value	No	no change	yes
	Date	July 11, 2011	October 6, 2014	October 31, 2014
	Comment		There is a preliminary draft that is under discussion among the various technical directions of the ministry. This action is nowassumed under the new project PROSEB

Teacher guide ratio	Value	0	1:2	1:2
	Date	May 4, 2007	October 6, 2014	October 31, 2014
	Comment	Most schools in public sector have no teacher guide	Target Met: each teacher has a guide in Mathematics and in French	revised to show that each teacher has 2 guides (one in mathematics and one in French)

Inspectors and school advisors receiving in-service training in the use of textbooks	Value	25.00	100.00	100.00
	Date	July 11, 2011	October 6, 2014	October 31, 2014
	Comment	value is for 2008	Target Met: 100% of inspectors and advisers trained

Basic education interim development plan is implemented according to agreed plan Value no yes yes
Date July 11, 2011 October 6, 2014 October 31, 2014
Comment Target Met

Number of additional classrooms built or rehabilitated at the primary level resulting from project interventions.	Value	0.00	1467.00	1572.00
	Date	July 11, 2011	October 6, 2014	October 31, 2014
	Comment		93.3% realized.

New school construction norms are adopted for application of cost-effective school construction strategy Value No Yes: Norms Adopted Yes
Date July 11, 2011 October 6, 2014 October 31, 2014
Comment Target Met
Reformed guidelines for pre-service teacher training are developed and are applied Value no yes yes
Date July 11, 2011 October 6, 2014 October 31, 2014
Comment Target Met
A draft teacher careeer structure (training, deployment, salary and incentives) approved by the Government Value no Yes yes
Date July 11, 2011 October 6, 2014 October 31, 2014
Comment Target Met
CRC and PETS have been piloted in selected educational provinces Value no PETS carried out; CRC still under development yes
Date July 11, 2011 October 6, 2014 October 31, 2014
Comment
Based on lessons learnt from CRC and PETS, an action plan is put in place for an eventual scale up Value no No yes
Date July 11, 2011 October 6, 2014 October 31, 2014
Comment see indicator 16

Utility of the learning assessment system	Value	0.00	3.00	4.00
	Date	January 11, 2008	October 6, 2014	October 31, 2014
	Comment	Indicator discussed with TTL on 07/15/2009.	A partnership agreement was signed between MEPS and PASEC and led to the increase of the school sample of the learning evaluationsurvey. Preliminary results are expected by end December 2010

NEW - Classrooms built and/or rehabilitated (number) Value 0 450
Date January 11, 2008 February 28, 2014 December 31, 2013
Comment Monitoring of this indicator is done through the core indicator.
NEW - Education facilities built and/or rehabilitated (units) Value 0 100
Date January 11, 2008 February 28, 2014 December 31, 2012
Comment Indicator is monitored through the core indicator on classroooms
NEW - Textbooks purchased (number) Value 0 18 million 14 million
Date January 11, 2008 October 6, 2014 October 31, 2014
Comment Target Far Surpassed: A major Project success

Direct project beneficiaries	Value	0.00	4878140.00	4878140.00
	Date	October 17, 2007	February 28, 2014	October 31, 2014
	Comment			Target has been rectified (see comment under Actual reported on 03/02/2012

Gross 1st grade intake rate	Value	107.70	133.10	129.80
	Date	July 11, 2011	February 28, 2014	October 31, 2014
	Comment	for 2010	2012/13 school year data	same

Primary Completion Rate	Value	29.00	64.00	72.00
	Date	May 4, 2007	October 6, 2014	October 31, 2014
	Comment		Target not met

Girls to boys ratio in primary schools	Value	85.00	90.00	97.00
	Date	May 4, 2007	October 6, 2014	October 31, 2014
	Comment		Unduly optimistic target not met	97% is target given by Government

Female beneficiaries	Value	0.00	50.00	50.00
	Date	October 17, 2007	February 28, 2014	October 31, 2014
	Comment

Growth in the gross enrolment ratio (GER).	Value	64%	101.3	105.8
	Date	January 11, 2008	October 6, 2014	October 31, 2014
	Comment		Target Largely Met

Parents finding the school fee in primary education has been reduced	Value	no	Not available	Yes
	Date	July 11, 2011	October 6, 2014	October 31, 2014
	Comment		Beneficiary Survey not carried out

New school construction norms are adopted for application of cost-effective school construction strategy	Value	No	Yes: Norms Adopted	Yes
	Date	July 11, 2011	October 6, 2014	October 31, 2014
	Comment		Target Met

CRC and PETS have been piloted in selected educational provinces	Value	no	PETS carried out; CRC still under development	yes
	Date	July 11, 2011	October 6, 2014	October 31, 2014
	Comment

NEW - Textbooks purchased (number)	Value	0	18 million	14 million
	Date	January 11, 2008	October 6, 2014	October 31, 2014
	Comment		Target Far Surpassed: A major Project success